Response to Rex Tackett on posting
OH Rex (6/11/08 RBR #114), how right you are!!! I've been complaining to the RAB for years that they are on the WRONG side of several major issues and here's another one. They've needed to stop pushing NTR and start teaching basic radio sales for years, but haven't.
ESPN chief pushing multiple platforms
Television is still the big growth driver, but ESPN President George Bodenheimer told the Deutsche Bank 2008 Media and Telecommunications Conference that his company...
It’s ugly out there”…everywhere
Outdoor advertising had been holding up better than some of its competitors, but outdoor is now also being hit by the economic downturn. Wachovia...
More XM fun
The Consumer Coalition for Competition in Satellite Radio Watchdog (C3SR), which observers say have more in common with business interests than consumers, has filed...
Democratic finale boosts campaign to 50%
The Project for Excellence in Journalism coverage chart for the week of 6/2/08-6/8/08 was as you would expect. The final battle between Barack Obama...
Posting pushback
Many executives feel the way this executive does as he writes in reaction to RBR’s report, RAB Board passes posting resolution; Goldstein comments (5/29/08 RBR #105).
Debating PPM accreditation
We wanted to get to the bottom of the PPM issue and come up with some solutions for the radio industry. Should PPM be accredited before it goes into the market and why?
Don't stop me I'm on a roll here
In a “Publisher’s Perspective - Implications of Clear Channel’s new deal,” on May 25 we wrote: When this is all done I hope that...
Gannett taking write-down
Gannett announced plans to take non-cash charges this quarter of $2.5-3 billion on a pre-tax basis for “impairment of goodwill, other intangibles and certain...
Performance Tax questioned
While attending the Academy of Country Music Awards program in Las Vegas last month, I noticed that around half of the performers who accepted their awards were very grateful to "radio" for their good fortune and obvious exposure. How many times do you hear this at awards shows?
Digital side channels still face hurdles
The distribution of crystal clear high definition programming, whether it’s video or audio, is supposed to be the driving force behind the move to...
Young receives another Nasdaq notice
Young Broadcasting, which had already been warned of a potential delisting by Nasdaq because its stock price was below a buck. Now it has...
XM/Sirius asking for something extraordinary
That’s what FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said on CNBC, explaining why the FCC has taken some time to consider the proposed merger between the two satellite audio services.
MTV hit with 255K indecency fine
But the 255K is assessed in pounds, not dollars, and the national initials are UK, not US. Several MTV/Viacom related channels operating in Great...
Meredith cutting 120 positions
Most of the cuts are in the book division, where the company has been cutting back on children’s books an other non-core titles to...